Pre-conciliar tradition cannot be the certain foundation of faith in Scripture
Nor may one fall back on some Church tradition, as if before the councils that fixed the number of sacred books tradition itself had been the foundation of faith concerning Scripture.
Rome grants that tradition is a means the Church uses in judging matters of faith. Yet on Rome's own terms tradition is as doubtful as the books of Scripture, and is no certain foundation of faith until a public Church judgment has proved it.
Latin
XXXVII. Neque hic recurri potest ad traditionem aliquam Ecclesiae, quasi ante Concilia quae librorum sacrorum numerum definierunt, Ecclesiae traditio fuerit fidei de Scriptura fundamentum. Nam Pontificii volunt traditionem esse quidem medium quo Ecclesia utitur in dijudicandis eis quae fidei sunt, attamen traditionem dubiam esse volunt, non minus quam libros Scripturae, nec esse certum fidei fundamentum, antequam publico Ecclesiae judicio probata fuerit.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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